Edited Volume

2016

Doniger, Wendy, Peter Galison, and Susan Neiman, ed. What Reason Promises: Essays on Reason, Nature and History. Boston: De Gruyter, 2016. Publisher's Version

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2008

Galison, Peter, Gerald Holton, and Silvan S. Schweber, ed. Einstein for the 21st Century: His Legacy in Science, Art, and Modern Culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008.

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Abstract

More than fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein's vital engagement with the world continues to inspire others, spurring conversations, projects, and research, in the sciences as well as the humanities. Einstein for the 21st Century shows us why he remains a figure of fascination.

In this wide-ranging collection, eminent artists, historians, scientists, and social scientists describe Einstein's influence on their work, and consider his relevance for the future. Scientists discuss how Einstein's vision continues to motivate them, whether in their quest for a fundamental description of nature or in their investigations in chaos theory; art scholars and artists explore his ties to modern aesthetics; a music historian probes Einstein's musical tastes and relates them to his outlook in science; historians explore the interconnections between Einstein's politics, physics, and philosophy; and other contributors examine his impact on the innovations of our time. Uniquely cross-disciplinary, Einstein for the 21st Century serves as a testament to his legacy and speaks to everyone with an interest in his work.

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2003

Galison, Peter, and Mario Biagioli, ed. Scientific Authorship: Credit and Intellectual Property in Science. New York: Routledge, 2003.

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2001

Galison, Peter, S. Graubard, and E. Mendelsohn, ed. Science in Culture. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers (Reprint from Daedalus Winter 1998), 2001.

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2000

Galison, Peter, and Alex Roland, ed. Atmospheric Flight in the Twentieth Century. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.

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1999

Galison, Peter, and Emily Ann Thompson, ed. The Architecture of Science. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1999. Publisher's Version

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1998

Jones, Caroline A., and Peter Galison, ed. Picturing Science, Producing Art. New York: Routledge, 1998. Publisher's Version

Abstract

Between the disciplines of art history and the history of science lies a growing field of inquiry into what science and art share as both image-making and knowledge-producing activities. The contributors of Picturing Science, Producing Art occupy this intermediate zone to analyze both scientific and aesthetic representations, utilizing disciplinary perspectives that range from art history to sociology, history and philosophy of science to gender studies, cultural history to the philosophy of mind. Organized in five sites--Styles, The Body, Seeing Wonders, Objectivity/Subjectivity, and Cultures of Vision--their topics extend from Cinquecento theories of female reproduction to the technologies of cloning, from medieval depictions of the stigmata to electrical metaphors for sex, from astronomical drawings to radioencephalography, from Phoenician griffons carved in ivory to factories cast in concrete. The internationally renowned contributors go beyond both science wars and culture wars by exploring substantive links between systems of visual representation and knowledge in science and art.

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